A week before the new villa accommodation and restaurant at Canterbury luxury lodge Flockhill were due to open, wildfires threatened to destroy everything. Five years and millions of dollars in the ...

New Zealand’s most famous lodge was a favourite of the ... The interior designer behind the 1984 renovation which put the lodge on the global luxury hotel circuit, Virginia Fisher, returned to the ...

Would the makeover by its new owners, Baillie Lodges, render the century-old property unrecognisable? Or would New Zealand’s original luxury retreat still offer the same intimate experience ...

Kiwis don't refer to Huka Lodge as "the grande dame of luxury lodges" for no reason ... canvas tents - on the banks of Waikato River on New Zealand's North Island, before evolving into what's ...

Photo / George Apostolidis Few places can claim to be legendary, but Huka Lodge has long held that status as the Grande Dame of New Zealand’s luxury lodges. Now, after an ambitious nine-month ov ...

Minaret Station Alpine Lodge is nestled at the head of a glacial valley on the western shores of Lake Wanaka Transfers are via sister company Alpine Helicopters which offers departures from ...

New Zealand’s pioneering luxury lodge has reopened after a meticulous makeover that retains all its original appeal. Don Ryder, who played bagpipes for the queen and countless other guests ...

Baillie Lodges has named Michael Crawford, a seasoned hospitality industry exec, as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective 19 May 2025.

the then-novice designer van Heeren chose to shape the character of the country’s first luxury lodge. “It became something very special to New Zealand… these quiet lodges in spectacular ...